WEDDING BELLS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1927, Page 1

WEDDING BELLS

HA V—'KITGMIN (511 AM. Considerable interest was evinced yesterday in a nodding ceremony solemnised at the Urey Presbyterian Church, the contracting parties being Uliss Winifred .M. Kiuliiogham, eldest daughter of Hr and Mrs 'J'. lj, Kitchingham, Loddytown. and Edward .i. C. 1 lay. oldest son of the late .Mir J. E. Hay and Mrs Hay. of Cobden. late of Mothicmay, Banffshire, Scotland. The church was filled to capacity, with friends and others interested, the cere- \ mony being conducted in Highland fashion. The Rev. T. X. Cutflo officiated. The bride walked down the aisle accompanied by her brother and was preceded by Piper A. •). Barrownian, in full Highland costume, playing the “Highland Wedding.'’ The Highland national dress was also worn by the bridegroom, best man and groomsman. The bride was charmingly gowned in ideated georgette and crepe do chine. She wore a beautiful embroidered veil and carried a shower bouquet of cream flowers and white heather with Tartan streamers. Site was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Ivy Kitchingham sister of the bride, and Miss Bessie Hay, sister of the bridegroom. The former wore a frock of salmon pink crepe de chine with crinoline hats. They carried bouquets of pink and mauve flowers. Ihe bridegroom was attended by Charles E. McLean, chief of the Grey Caledonian Society as groomsman. Miss Bessie Drake officiated at the organ during the ceremony.

The statements of the Australian doctors, who wanted to walk the Milford Track, but were unable.to do so owing to a fatal hitch in the arrangements. proved conclusively that our tourist bureaux in the Commonwealth are badly informed concerning the South Island, whatever knowledge they may possess concerning the North. If so little is known 1200 miles away. what may we expect 12,000 miles away ? It has become the custom to send officials of the Public Service to America or Great Britain for training. The idea does not appeal strongly to us as a general principle, but wo do think that if lmlf-a-dozen energetic men with keen business knowledge were sent to America, to Honolulu, and to Manila, to discover how America makes tourist resorts out of practically nothing, the investment would bo a profitable one. Apparently there is no one in the Tourist Department at present with any initiative, or if possessing it, with any inducement to use it in the direction of developing a really adequate tourist policy.—“ Southland Daily News.”

There is no reason in the world why the Englishman with a few hundreds* at the back of him should not make a comfortable position for himself out of the land in New Zealand as many New Zealanders—and not all born farmers either—have done before; and though there are difficulties due to distance from the biggest markets, there are possibilities here for the manufacturer who is sufficiently strong fincanciallV to introduce methods which will keep the cost of production down to a minimum. Tlie introduction of this class of “immigrant” wnnld considerably augment, the flow of commerce, which is "the life-blood of this country, as it is of any country, and as our strength